Constituency: East Guadalcanal, Guadalcanal Province

Contact Address:

Ministry of Health and Medical Service
P.O. Box 349
Honiara
Solomon Islands.
Phone: +677 28610/ 22376
Fax: +677 20085.

Parliamentary Service

Parliamentary Service

• Elected to the National Parliament of Solomon Islands for East Guadalcanal Constituency on 6 August 1997. Re-elected 5 December 2001, 5 April 2006.

Committee Appointments

• Member, Public Accounts Committee May 2006 to 21 December 2007
• Member, Parliamentary House Committee from 13 July to 21 December 2007
• Member, Parliamentary House Committee 2004 to 2005

Ministerial Appointments

• Minister for Communication, Aviation and Meteorology from 28 November 2007 to 21 December 2007
• Minister for Culture, Tourism and Aviation from June 2000 to December 2001
• Minister for Health and Medical Services from November 2005 to April 2006
• Minister for Commerce, Industries and Employment from April 2006 to May 2006

Other Appointments

• Chairman of SIPA, 2002
• Chairman of Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau
• Chairman of Solomon Islands Ports Authority
• Chairman of Solomon Islands Postal Corporation
• Chairman of Solomon Islands Home Finance Corporation

Qualification

• Co-operative Super Market Workshop in Management, Singapore in 1983 (Management Studies)
• Fiji Co-operative College, Suva, 1978
• Betikama High School from 1970 to 1973
• Alangaula Primary School from 1967 to 1969

Occupation before entering Parliament

• FSP Charcoal Project Coordinator, 1989
• World Vision International Project Coordinator, Solomon Islands, 1985
• Business Advisor from 1974 to 1984, Ministry of Commerce, Employment & Trade.
• Director of Belanimanu Rural Training Centre and Taho Disabled Vocational Training Centre

Conferences, Delegations and Visits

• Attended United Nations Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in Geneva, 2006
• Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, 2003
• Parliamentary tour to Taiwan, led by Sir Peter Kenilorea, 2002
• Association of Pacific Ports meeting in Nukualofa, Tonga as a Chairman of Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA), 2001
• Attended meeting in Seoul, South Korea. Interdenominational meeting, 2001
• Attended International Whaling Commission meeting in Muscat, Oman, 2000
• Aviation Ministers Meeting in Apria, Samoa, 1999
• Commonwealth Head of Governments Meeting in Edingborough, Scotland, 1997
• National Policy on Rural Electrification Seminars, Honiara, 1996
• World Vision International Seminars, Sydney, Australia
• Association of Pacific Ports meeting Suva, Fiji

Personal

• Date of birth: 13th November 1953
• Village/ Home Island: Belanimanu Village, Guadalcanal